Saturday, March 31, 2012

THE CABALA OF SEVERITY

Beekeepers from Minnesota and across the country have asked the federal government for a temporary ban on one the most widely used pesticides until its effect on bees is clear.

The land of Israel is commonly known as the Land of Milk and Honey; the Cabala explains, Milk epitomizes Chesed/Kindness while Honey symbolizes Gevorah/Severity – in small amounts honey is sweet, but too much honey is poison. A small amount of severity goes a long way.

Herod, the freed slave who Rome placed as king over the Jewish People 2000 years ago, was renown for his cruelty. Once, Herod put his eye on a beautiful Jewish woman who, rather than be taken by the king, killed herself by jumping from a rooftop but the king took her anyway.

Herod put the young woman into a cauldron of honey to preserve her body from the disintegration of death, even though nothing stands before death – the most severe human experience. Another example of the severity of honey is the bee that stings and sometimes even kills.

To kill bees on a massive scale requires a substance even more severe than honey – pesticides. By poisoning the bees, the kindness derived from the plants cannot be realized. The proper balance between Chesed/Kindness and Gevorah/Severity is essential to life on Earth.

Friday, March 30, 2012

THE CABALA OF CHARITY

The Vatican has launched a rare criminal investigation to uncover who is behind leaks of highly sensitive documents that allege corruption and financial mismanagement in Vatican City.

The religion of money or the money of religion is antithetical to spirituality. The Cabala expresses this sentiment in a metaphor: the soul is compared to a pane of glass but once in this world the pane of glass requires a veneer of silver to survive, producing a mirror.

When there is too much silver on the pane of glass the mirror turns black; instead of reflecting the light the mirror absorbs the light. The soul is sent to this world with a mission – lift up physicality by reflecting back into heaven beyond the place from where the light emanated.

Religion is in the business of money by virtue of selling heaven to the unsuspecting and the naive; all souls go to heaven when the mirror of life is broken at death – there is nowhere else to go. Religion propagates fear through the myth of Hell and eternal suffering.

But, God is good; the only suffering after death is the embarrassment felt by the soul for the way they led their life. The greatest use of money is to perform the commandment of Zdaka/Charity; the greatest charity is to help another human being obtain a job thus achieving independence.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

THE CABALA OF EVOLUTION

A fossil discovered in Ethiopia suggests that humans' prehistoric relatives may have lived in the trees for a million years longer than was previously thought.

One of the great contradictions between science and Torah are these ape-like creatures dating back millions of years. How can this be reconciled? One problem with science is the boxed-in environment in which theories exist and the assumption that nature is consistent.

The most pervasive part of the environment is time, which appears to be linear and constant; but, according to the Torah, time is a spiral similar to our galaxy spinning toward the center. In the beginning, time was a wide arc, in which life appeared to evolve over many years.

The Cabala explains, The 6000 years of creation correspond to the six Sefirot/Luminaries related to the six outer planets of our Solar System; each 1000 years is defined by a corresponding attribute – the first thousand years is the attribute of Chesed/Kindness and expansion.

Elohim, God’s Name with the gematria 86 the same as HaTevah/The Nature, governs the evolution of animals; but, the human being, ruled by the four letters of the YHVH, which can be rearranged to read, Hoya/Past, Hovea/Present and Yihiya/Future, is beyond time and evolution.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

THE CABALA OF THE FACE

After 15 years of wearing a mask and living as a recluse, a 37-year-old Virginia man disfigured in a gun accident got a new face, nose, teeth and jaw in what University of Maryland physicians say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed.

The Rambam, 1000-year-old legalist and doctor explains, Every face is different; the Cabala explains: The individuality of a human being is expressed through the face, called Panim from the word Penimiot/Inner Being – the face is a reflection of the inner being of the person.

My teacher, Rav Aba Pliskin, once taught me, The face is a thief stealing emotions from the heart then delivering them to world through the face. The face is the outer expression of our inner emotions – the reason why we look at one another’s face while speaking to them.

The Cabala also explains, All creation has a face; meaning, all creation has an outer expression of an inner essence. The essence can not be seen but the reflection of the essence is revealed in the face. The face of man and woman is particularly different as seen in the beard.

The reason why men have beards while women do not is because women are naturally hidden, whereas men are more exposed. The hair of the beard is different from the hair of the head; the beard hair is similar to pubic hair that hides the genitals known as Yesod/Secret.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

THE CABALA OF HEALTHCARE

The Supreme Court confronted the core of President Barack Obama's healthcare law today, zeroing in on whether Congress had the power to require most people in the United States to buy medical insurance.

Rabbi Akiva 2000 years ago said, The basic generality governing the Torah is – Loving one’s friend as one’s self. Love of self is naturally accorded to all people; therefore, since the human body is a vessel for life, people will pay anything to maintain their health.

The Cabala teaches, A hole in the body is indicative of a hole in the soul – without fixing the body the soul can not be repaired; the healthy helping the sick, heals the body of the poor and the soul of the rich – without the poor people charity becomes impossible.

In the previous world of Tohu/Chaos everything was independent; those who were strong ate up the weak, but in our world, called Tikun/Fixing, everything is created, purposely incomplete necessitating love of others. All peoples are created to fix the chaos of Tohu.

Love in Hebrew is Ahav, a word that breaks down into Hav/Giving while the Aleph at the beginning indicates I – I Give. Those who insist on individuality live in chaos. Doctors are compelled, from morality, to save every person – this same standard applies to everyone.

Monday, March 26, 2012

THE CABALA OF DICK

Much has been said about the fact that former Vice President Dick Cheney, who just had a heart transplant at 71 years of age, is among the oldest recipients.

The Sefer Yetzira/Book of Form begins by describing the 32 paths of wisdom that correspond to the 32 teeth in the mouth; the heart, called Lev, also has a gematria of 32 – the number 32 is composite of the 10 Sefirot/Luminaries and the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

The Talmud-Book of Law says, Old begins at 70; at 71 Dick is into his 72 year; seventy-two is the highest number related to the YHVH Four Letter Name of God representing the epitome of the human being – but a stiff Dick is a hard man, wanting to prolong life at any cost.

Dick is hard; when first implanted as Vice-President, he complained the electric bill in the mansion given to him for his position was too high and demanded the people foot the bill, though he had just paid 24 million dollars in taxes on his investments because Dick is a hard man.

Dick has stolen the possibility for extending life to a young person because Dick can only see himself. Dick has lived a ruthless life and now, an old hard heartless Dick wants a heart – Dick, who pushed Bush into war, killing thousands, now fears death – and for good reason.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

THE CABALA OF KILLING

The U.S. government has paid $50,000 in compensation for each of the Afghan villagers who were killed in a shooting rampage in which an American soldier faces murder charges, Afghan officials said Sunday; families of the wounded received $11,000 per injured victim.

What is the monetary worth of a human being? Ground, plants and animals all have determined values but the human being, other than being sold into slavery, is valueless because the human being has unlimited potential; the human soul is not limited by instinct.

The numbers chosen by the US government happens to correspond to the two cabalistic numbers representing chaos – 11 and 50. The Ten Sefirot/Luminaries, the cabalistic atom known as the Tree of Life, is the prototype of creation, but the source comes from Keter/Crown – eleven.

Whereas the ten is a matter of cause and effect, 11 is beyond reason; similarly, the number 50 is also beyond comprehension – known as the Fiftieth Gate of Bena/Understanding is beyond understanding. Why some die while others live is beyond the comprehension of the human being.

On Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year, we exclaim: many will pass away and many will live; who will pass away and who will live is determined by God, but Tshuva/Repentance, Tefila/Prayer and Charity repeal the difficult decrees from the Creator.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

THE CABALA OF ATHEISM

Billed as The largest secular event in world history, was held on the National Mall today; the Reason Rally brought atheists and nonbelievers together in a hallowed American place.

Most atheists are anti-religion not anti-God because religion teaches that God is finite, even human; in the ancient languages of Hebrew, Arabic and Sanskrit there is no word for religion. Tifila/Prayer means To Tie, while religion means to Retie the connection with God.

The angel of the Earth, Matatron, ties the prayers of our world to Heaven. The Cabala, using the example of a rope tied between Heaven and Earth, explains how prayers rise up through the hierarchy of angels who kiss each prayer, making them acceptable before the Creator.

Atheism rejects spiritual entities as false gods which is in line with the Torah who considers them Elohim Acharim/Other Gods. In ancient times, people prayed to these false gods to get what they wanted, but this is considered stealing from Heaven – Avoda Zera/Strange Worship.

Every human being is commanded not to worship idols. Because of the intense light in the world, serving other gods worked, but in our time of darkness the ability to coerce heaven has diminished replaced by religion promising Heaven but delivering only the power politics.


Thursday, March 22, 2012

THE CABALA OF MERCURY

Mercury is the smallest of the planets, and despite being known from antiquity Mercury has proven hard to study due to its proximity to the Sun,; new results, find evidence for a solid shell just outside the planet's core, a feature found on no other world.

Scientists are dismayed by the diversity of the planets because, according to their theories describing the creation of the Solar System there should be much more similarities than they find. Scientists lack any logical explanation for the diversity found in the Solar System.

According to the Cabala, the pattern of the Sun and the nine planets corresponds directly to the Ten Sefirot/Luminaries, also known as the Tree of Life. The Sun corresponds to the first Sefira called Chochma/Power of What, compared to a hot coal harboring heat while exuding light.

The Sun is called Aba/Father; Mercury, the first planet is called Ema/Mother who is never separated from Father in the same way nothing separates between Mercury and the Sun. Creation begins with Mother, as is stated, The mother of children, the other eight planets, is happy.

The Sun and Mercury also correspond to the two hemispheres of the brain while the second planet, Venus is Dat/Knowing – the third eye; in a few months Venus will transit the sun just prior to earth reaching the galactic horizon on 12-21-2012 the end of the Mayan calendar.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

THE CABALA OF FAITH

A NASA-sponsored program that scans the cosmos for potentially dangerous asteroids is being upgraded to improve its ability to hunt for space rocks that might collide with Earth.

Nimrod, 4000 years ago, concocted a similar plan with which he coerced the people; Nimrod was considered, in the Torah, as the first manipulator of the populous through the power of speech – called Gibor Ztyid/Hunter of People. Nimrod’s hidden agenda was, To war against God.

Nimrod convinced people to go into outer space to straighten the heavens, which had recently tilted and flooded the earth – this was the pretext to the Tower of Babel. If a person fell from the Tower of Babel nobody cared but if a stone fell, they all mourned the lose.

The Talmud-Book of Law teaches, The world hangs suspended on a thread, put into place by the Creator, where the smallest movement disturbs the symmetry of creation. The Cabala is the secret teaching to the workings of creation, known as, Atz Chaim/Tree of Life.

There are ten components to the Tree of Life reflected in the Sun and nine planets, the seven continents of three oceans and the ten fingers and toes of the human being – the symmetry of creation portends faith in the Creator, who is forever present throughout creation.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

THE CABALA OF SMOKING



A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that the government’s requirement that tobacco companies put graphic warning labels on cigarette packs was constitutional and did not violate the companies’ freedom of speech.

Cigarettes are an addictive substance without benefit; the addictive substances with benefit, like opium, cocaine and marijuana are illegal – the reason why tobacco continue to exist and thrive is because of the spiritual component inherent in the act of smoking.

The three letters of the word Ashun/Smoke is an acronym for: Olam/World, Shana/Time and Nefesh/Soul; the word Ashun/Smoke also has the gematria of 420 – giving some clue as to what should be smoked. The native Americans smoke as a means of prayer – substance rising to heaven.

The Zohar-Book of Secret teaches, The first substance of creation was smoke caused from the breaking of the Hard Light to make space for creation. The desire to smoke comes from a longing of the soul invested in the body to reconnect with the original light of the Creator.

The sacred art of smoking and the deep-seated desire to inhale smoke into the lungs has been cooped by tobacco companies. There is no mention of smoking in the Torah, but the major ingredient in the incense burned on the the golden altar in the Temple was, KaniBasim/Cannabis.

Monday, March 19, 2012

THE CABALA OF HATRED

In a shooting at a school in a residential neighborhood of Toulouse, in the worst attack on a Jewish target in France in 30 years, a teacher and his two children, aged three and six, and the eight-year-old daughter of the school’s director were killed.

The Midrash-Book of Metaphor says, When the Torah was given to the Jewish People 3500 years ago, God asked for reassurance the Torah would be kept; the people offered their word but God said, You are going to die – then they offered their fathers who were already dead.

Finally, the people offered their children and God accepted because children are the future. A person who deliberately attacks children, attacks the future; the ancient tradition of war spared women and children because women give birth to the yet undetermined future.

The Torah is clear, Children do not bear responsibility for the sins of their parents. The worst kind of hatred is called Sinut Chinom/Free Hatred, meaning there is no reason for the hatred; but, in our times the Jewish People are reviled for political and religious reasons.

The Talmud-Book of Law says, When Moshiach comes the world will love the Jewish People; perhaps what the Talmud means is, Moshiach will come when the world loves the Jewish People for performing 613 Commandments bringing spiritual light, benefiting the whole earth.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

THE CABALA OF LONG LIFE

Manohar Aich of India overcame many hurdles, including grinding poverty and prison, to achieve body building glory, turned 100 today saying, His ability to take his troubles lightly and remain happy during difficult times is the secret to his longevity.

Life is short when 100 is a long time because each stage of life teaches a new secret and by 100 the person is wise but ready to die. Life is a conundrum made worse by our desire for pleasure; the Cabala considers pleasure to be the spiritual source of life.

The Torah teaches, Through life, the soul comes closer to God. The center book of the Five Books of the Torah called Viyikra/Calling is dedicated to the sacrifice of animals upon the altar of earth with fire, blood and the accompanied song. Korev/Sacrifice also means Close.

There was ecstasy in the Temple during the sacrifice of the animal. Though the sacrifices were commanded by God through the Torah, their purpose was for the people; life is predicated upon purpose and purpose requires sacrificing the animalistic attitudes of the human being.

Life is not about how long we live but what we do with our lives. This world is likened to the antechamber before the great hall; from here we enter into heaven – the great hall of creation where the animal-angel sacrifices the human to bring the soul closer to the Creator.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

THE CABALA OF THE GALAXY

NASA has just released a stunning new map of the heavens that catalogs over 560 million objects captured by NASA's infrared space telescope; The 2D map shows the Milky Way Galaxy, shaped like a disk.

According to scientific cosmology, There was a big bang then suddenly creation appeared; according to religious cosmology, There was not a big bang then suddenly creation appeared – according to the Cabala, God engraved into the Hard Light making space for creation.

The Talmud-Book of Law says, Creation was formed by the Creator sending a thread of light through the confine of the loom. Rabbi Eliezer who entered the Pardos/Orchard of Secrets, got so far out that the world appeared to be thin as a thread of light passing through the darkness.

Scientists, 500-years-ago claimed: the earth was flat, now they claim the galaxy is flat; on the other hand, religion reads only the what is written but knows nothing of the other three parts of the Torah: Talmud-Book of Law, Midrash-Book of Metaphor and Zohar-Book of Secret.

Those who have one world and many gods see themselves as insignificant and their lives ultimately pointless; those who see One God see the Creator forever present in creation – not that everything is god, but rather God is everything, everywhere to all life and existence.

Friday, March 16, 2012

THE CABALA OF TIME

An experiment to repeat testing the speed of subatomic particles known as neutrinos has found that they do not upend Einstein's theory of relativity but rather travel precisely at the speed of light.

The Zohar-Book of Secret describes, In the beginning of creation light traveled without color until stopped to measure the universe; the stopping of the light caused reverberation resulting in the sign-wave producing visible light – the light of creation, called Chochavim/Stars.

Scientists use the color spectrum of light to make astronomical calculations of time assuming, the speed of light is constant but the Talmud-Book of Law considers this constant, that nothing exceeds, to be Halchim/Walking. Where there is walking there is also running.

The distance between the sun and the earth, the Midrash-Book of Metaphor says, is 500 years walking – 500 times the speed of light renders the approximate distance between Earth and Sun. The neutrinos, the smallest known sub-atomic particle, can not exceed the speed of light.

The Cabala explains, Creation was engrave from the Hard Light, which had been threaded together without space, movement or time. What to creation is an inescapable constant to God is but a walk in the park, as the Torah exclaims, And man heard God walking in Gan Aden/Garden of Eden.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

THE CABALA OF ESSENCE

New research from NASA suggests, Prolonged periods in the bluey-black beyond might cause serious damage to the eyes; often, American astronauts returning from space cannot focus their vision properly – for some the problem seems permanent.

Written in the Torah is the statement: The heavens are to God and the Earth is to the human being. There was a time 6000 years ago when transmigration between heaven and earth was common, but now each is relegated to their place – as this cycle of creation solidifies and concludes.

The eyes, the brain and the bones are significantly harmed by prolonged space travel; interestingly, the eyes, brain and bones each has a connection to essence – the eye projects an essential light, the brain connects to the soul and the word Atzmot/Bones also means Essence.

Darkness is a metaphor for essence because the definition of essence, according to the Cabala, is that which is not revealed – once essence is revealed, it is no longer essence. People who are very devout often times wear black as a sign of being connected to the essence.

The eyes, brain and bones are essential to life here on earth, but once entering into heaven begin to erode in the same way the body disintegrates after death; the power of sight, cognition and stature in the spirit world requires no vehicle or vessel to see, understand and be.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

THE CABALA OF THE CROSS

Two British women believe they have the right to wear a cross in the workplace; both were fired after refusing to remove the necklaces because their employers state: jewelry does not comply with uniform policy, and that wearing a cross is not a requirement of Christians.

The cross is the most anti-Semitic symbol imaginable – implicating the Jewish People as God-Killers; studies have concluded, The Jewish population would be hundreds of millions instead of 14 million, were it not for this pernicious story of Jesus on the cross, revered as God.

Freedom of religion should not be extended to cover rampant racism and blatant misinformation. No historical evidence, whatsoever, has been found, after 2000 years of excavation and research, to corroborate such a story. To the Jewish People this story is a blood libel.

Not only does this story, symbolized by the cross, speak badly of a whole people, but it is an affront to God who is nothing of heaven or earth. God is present everywhere, all the time, to everyone. Separation does not exist between God and the repentant, humble heart.

The Cabala explains, The prayer God hears is the intention of the heart, so one could be wrong in belief yet their prayer will be valid; still, people should know better. Those who wish to love God must love creation, which includes informing people when they are wrong.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

THE CABALA OF RED MEAT

A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that daily consumption of red meat — particularly processed meat like bacon— may be riskier than carnivores realize.

The Talmud-Book of Law advises, Ignorant people should refrain from eating red meat. What is ignorant? People who live life to satisfy the body, who do not recognize the greater purpose in life, in which the body is just a vehicle driven by the light of the soul, are ignorant.

The Torah concedes, after the time of Noah, 4000 years ago, humans require red meat to invigorate life – but, those who are ignorant should not partake least the meat brings them to anger or unrestrained appetite. The original Rabbis opened their minds through eating meat.

The Semitic People, Jewish and Arab, from the direct tradition of Avraham, revile pig; yet, the Midrash-Book of Metaphor teaches, To conquer the Land of Israel, God commanded the Jewish fighters to eat pork before the battle; without the power of the pig their strength was inadequate.


The pig in Hebrew, Chazar means Return because one day the pig will return to be Kosher/Fitting – perhaps, when people are not so ignorant to abuse what God has so graciously given. The Cabala teaches, In the next world, animals sacrifice humans on the altar of heaven.

Monday, March 12, 2012

THE CABALA OF COMMUNICATION

A Ben-Gurion University team discovered that plants can transmit distress signals to each other through their roots; possibly enhancing the other plants' ability to deal with stress in the future, according to a recently published study.

The Cabala explains, There are four spiritual worlds formed from the Four Letter Name YHVH supporting four types of existence made from the four elements of fire, air, water and earth producing: inanimate life, growing life, animal life and the human being highest of all.

The Earth represents the lowest level to which all life returns after death; plants, through their roots, have their head in the ground; animals live on top of the ground but their head is facing the ground – only the human being lives erect with his head in the heavens.

Yet, if the human being is higher, why does the human being require sustenance from below? The Rambam, who 800-years-ago compiled the laws pertaining to the 613 Commandments, explains: the cognition of celestial bodies is more than the human being but less than the angles.

The humility of the earth is a sign of being closer to God; this attachment to God draws the plant and the animal, but the human being looks to the heavens. In the future is predicted, The Earth will speak and say, Do not walk upon me unless you go to do the will of the Creator.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

THE CABALA OF BROTHERS

The Egyptian Foreign Minister told state news agency that his government was, Making crucial calls for an immediate end to the Israeli escalation, to end bloodshed of our brothers.

Both Jewish and Arab Peoples stem directly from Avraham. Hager, an Egyptian princess and Avraham’s second wife, gave birth to his first child, Ishmael, who fathered the Arab People. The Palestinians had already migrated from Africa when Avraham arrived.

Sara, Avraham’s first wife, was mother to Yitzchok, beginning the Jewish lineage whose high point was during the reign Shlomo, the wise king of Israel famous for settling disputations; he once commanded a baby be severed in two to give each feuding mother half a baby.

Each mother claimed the infant, but the real mother revealed herself through her compassion to let the other woman have the baby rather then letting her child be torn asunder. In modern day Israel, each side squabbles about: what is half? The land of Israel is Holy Land.

The Cabala teaches, That which is whole increases in gematria, number value, by one because a whole entity is vessel for the soul. Obviously, neither side cares about the baby, therefore they relinquish their rights. Only, a One State Solution secures the welfare of the child.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

THE CABALA OF LEVITATION

It was 4:35 a.m. today when the block-long transporter carrying a 340-ton, 21-foot-high boulder wrapped in white plastic pulled up in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the Levitated Mass exhibition.

This feat has already been accomplished 3000-years-ago when Shlomo, King of Israel, erected the Temple in Jerusalem; the massive stones used in the construction were precisely positioned one inch back from lower stone so when looking up, the wall would appear vertical.

If the stones of the high wall surrounding the Temple were set exactly on the edge, when looking up, the wall would appear to be falling thus causing fear; one of the commandments concerning the Temple requires a hospitable place where only God, with awe, is feared.

Granite, the stone brought to LA, is densely heavy, whereas the limestone used for the Temple is much lighter – the largest stone yet found at the Temple Mount is 200 feet long weighing 400 tons. The Cabala says, The Temple builders were able to fly the stones.

The Temple has remained for millennium because the cutting of the stones was precisely accomplished by a worm called the Shamir. King Sholomo, renown for his wisdom and ability to communicate with animals, could do more than technology because wisdom beats brains.

Friday, March 9, 2012

THE CABALA OF LSD

The Journal of Psychopharmacology reports, LSD may stimulate the formation of new connections and patterns and generally seems to open an individual to an awareness of new perspectives and opportunities for action, particularly in overcoming alcoholism.

In the Sixties, LSD was called: God in a pill, along with a partner pill to prevent pregnancy a new type of freedom was realized. These two new pills dramatically changed the American landscape with the possibility of eradicating religion while freeing up sexual attitudes.

Instead of change, the American system outlawed LSD, with the exception of those studying the effects of the drug in universities, who have discovered that LSD has a positive effect on alcoholics – long suffering from the oppression of governmental oversight and interference.

LSD opens the window of the mind letting in fresh ideas. The idea of freedom has been constrained to making money and living within very rigid social rules; the freedom to love has become a political fight and the freedom to think has been restrained by various drug laws.

The light of the Cabala comes to illuminate all secrets but, like the politician, the rabbis have made restraints on who can learn this secret knowledge. The Cabala teaches, The greatest pleasure happens in the mind and pleasure is the inner ingredient sustaining life.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

THE CABALA OF PURIM

Purim, the Jewish holiday rooted in the Book of Esther recalls a failed Persian plot to exterminate the Jews; Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu gave President Obama a copy of the Book of Esther during a visit this week in which the two discussed the tension with Iran.

The Book of Esther, a story taking place 2500-years-ago in Iran, is the only book in the Torah leaving God’s Name unmentioned anywhere in the text; the Cabala explains, The word Esther comes from Hester/Hidden – thus the custom of dressing in costumes portraying good and bad.

Purim is beyond good and bad as symbolized by the 50 foot high gallows the Wicked Haman built to hang the righteous Mordechai – the number fifty is considered, forever – a number beyond logic. What life lacks in logic, life makes up for in story – the story of life.

At the last moment the Purim story turns and instead, the wicked, Haman and his ten sons, are hung. The secret of life is hidden in the story of life; what makes the story of life holy is God’s invisible presence from birth until death – the story engages God.

Although, God is unseen and unseeable, God partakes in the story of creation through astronomical events coming from the heavens, like the massive burst of light ejected a few days ago from the sun hitting the earth today, but causing no damage – just a burst of Purim light.


Wednesday, March 7, 2012

THE CABALA OF DRUGS

US Vice-President Joe Biden speaking to a group of Latin American leaders, emboldened in their calls for legalization of marijuana and other drugs offered this: there is no possibility that the Obama-Biden administration will change its policy on legalization.

The Cabala explains by way of an idiom, Yiridut Hadorot/Lessening of the Generations, Earlier generations, who were closer to the first light of creation, obviously were much higher entities than the human being 6000 years later – the reason why, we require drugs.

There are two type of drugs in the world – natural drugs provided by the Creator, like opium used to relieve pain or cocaine used to alleviate hunger while inducing strength, and then there are man-made drugs. The War Against Drugs is a war of man against nature.

The ancient knowledge of the plants and the herbs and the trees is largely lost from the modern world; the ability to ward off bad energy or purge the body from negative influence has become a technological advance rather than a cure from a natural understanding of life.

The political and economic implications involved in the War on Drugs molds the administration’s view, but the rampant death and destruction from the War on Drugs, carried out in other nations, is prompting a different response from a more practical standpoint – legalization.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

THE CABALA OF DARK MATTER

A lonely clump of dark matter 2.4 billion light-years from Earth is confounding scientists by its mere presence; galaxies are thought to reside inside larger masses of dark matter and to stay attached, these galaxies, left their dark matter cocoons in the dust.

The Cabala is able to explain this scientific dilemma by referring to the Zohar-Book of Secret describing creation as being engraved out of a Hard Light – a light without space or what we know as Dark Matter. A celestial breath engraved the Hard Light with letters.

From the breath was distilled water and out the water came fire; letters and their equivalent numbers, were strewn throughout creation – each a star of light or darkness. If so, what can account for a galaxy being free from the Black Matter that houses galaxies everywhere.

The Torah describes how the Ten Commandments were engraved, with the Finger of God, inside a sapphire cube from one side to the other, but miraculously read on both sides. All letters were attached to the stone but one – the letter Samach in the shape of a zero.

Miraculously, this one letter was not attached to the stone, but instead hung suspended in the hollow of the space; all creation is likened to the zero hanging in space, unattached to the place from where we were hewn out. From the separation comes the great longing to reconnect.

Monday, March 5, 2012

THE CABALA OF IRANIAN ELECTIONS

Clerical Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has tightened his grip on Iran's faction-ridden politics after loyalists won over 75 percent of seats in parliamentary elections at the expense of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Shia Islam practiced in Iran is subjugated to the idea of the Mahdi, a savior of humankind and the final of the 12 Imams; the Mahdi is prophesied to come to earth along with Jesus, bringing peace to the world – the ruling elite struggles over how to accomplish prophesy.

Whereas, other nations have political agendas regarding power and wealth, Iran struggles to bring about world-wide redemption, as do the zealots in Israel through the coming of Moshiach, also prophesied to bring peace to the world. With so much peace why is there war?

Between these two ancient peoples seeking peace are the Christians hoping for Armageddon. Iran fears Western influence perverting their spiritual principles meant to bring peace; Iran sees Israel as the wedge of the West seeding unrest – derailing the spiritual process.

According to Cabala, the possibility of redemption being a four-way process, requiring the Mahdi to bring Jesus before Eliuho the Prophet can bring Moshiach is something worth pondering. The Talmud-Book of Law says, Moshiach will not come until murder is eradicated.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

THE CABALA OF GOD MARS

Stargazers will have an opportunity to glimpse Mars, while opposition occurs with the Sun; the Red Planet’s actual closest approach to Earth will not come until Monday, March 5, when the two bodies are separated by about 63 million miles.

The number 63 in the Cabala is the root of severity, derived from the YHVH in a method called Milluim/Filling. Inside the YHVH are four different spellings of the four letters rendering four interior numbers. Each number corresponds to one of the Four Worlds.

These four worlds, through cause and effect, allow the filtering of OreAinSof/LightWithoutEnd into the Ten Sefirot/Luminaries corresponding to the Sun the nine planets. The first two numbers have significant gematria, number value, 45/Adom/Human and 52 Behama/Animal.

The next two numbers, 63 the essence of the animal and 72 the essence of the human being, correspond to Mars and Earth. The previous world, Tohu/Chaos, was on Mars; the Earth is called Tikun/Fixing the 288 sparks that fell from Tohu/Chaos seeding life inside of the earth.

In 2003/5763 the sword of Rome attacked Iraq and now in 2012/5772 war is over. America and Europe, the two main bastions of the Roman coin, sword and religion have suffered harsh cold in Europe and now monster twisters throughout Middle America, as Mars, god of Rome, approaches.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

THE CABALA OF LITTLE MONSTER


Leaders of the 27-member European Union Friday repeated calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to step down and stressed that the EU will increase its pressure on the Syrian regime to end the violence
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His father, Hafex al-Asad, killed tens of thousands while the son kills thousands; the father was a monster – the son is a little monster. The world helplessly watches while the monster devourers his people, but there are more people than monster – power to the people.

The Talmud-Book of Law relates stories about ethereal monsters coming from spiritual worlds wrecking havoc upon the earth; but, these monsters, in their 42 year rule, are human beings. Asad in Arabic mean Lion; the lion has great attributes but the lion is an animal.

The Cabala explains, The lion, one of the four faces on the Merchava/Chariot is the spiritual root of all wild animals from the side of Chesed/Kindness. The human being, built from the YHVH, The Four Letter Name of God, epitomizes kindness by being attentive to creation.

A human monster is far worse than any monster from beyond because the human being has freedom of choice. Shamai, 2000 years ago, saw a skull floating on the water; he said to the skull, You drown because you drown someone and the person who drown you will also drown.

Friday, March 2, 2012

THE CABALA OF REFLECTION

Scientists have been able to determine that there is life on Earth by observing the way the moon reflects light from the earth to analyze earthshine light reflected on the moon for indicators of organic life.

There are two lights of creation; Ore Yashor/Straight Light, fills the void but Ore Chazar/Returning Light is what disturbs the symmetry of being – like the weak power in the atom, the opposite force, though easily overcome, makes a change, causing diversity to emerge.

The moon reflects the light of the sun, and also reflects the light of the earth; all endeavor that happens on the earth is part of the woven beam of light reflected in the moon – the moon is a mirror. The sun is powerful but the moon is deeper and goes further.

The sun is gold with light but the moon is white with a silver lining to reflect the light. The light of the sun blinds the eyes but the moon is like milk; she is the queen accompanied through the skies on the wings of clouds in the hands of the stars, changing continually.

The Cabala explains, The returning light of creation is greater since the mirror image reflects back further than where the original light was first emanated from. Every aspect of human endeavor upon the earth, be it dark or light, is reflected in our collective portrait.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

THE CABALA OF FOSSIL FLEAS

Newly found fossils of fleas, 165 million years old, show that the critters were almost an inch in length and had blood-sucking mouthpieces that scientists say were used to penetrate tough hides.

The Torah delineates six separate times sequences each a thousand years long; many ancient cultures recall a time when the human being lived for a thousand years – animals, given a long period of time, will grow large. Even time goes faster given the proper environment.

The Cabala describes our generation as, A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant. Our reliance on technology shows our weakness to survive, but out of darkness comes a new light – the purpose of creation. Without purpose, creation has no meaning and no future.

The purpose of life is beyond survival; rather, each division of time epitomizes one the six emotions, the prototype to the six days of the week according to the six days of creation. On the first day light was created – emblematic to the first attribute, Chesed/Kindness.

In the first thousand years, creation of life on planet Earth was exemplified by the attribute of kindness, in a fecund world sporting thousand year old people ruling over mammoth creatures. In our time, 5000 years later, time is no longer long because purpose is at hand.